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Return of the Dragon

Posted by michael on from the you-wanna-fight-fight-me dept.

Lysander Luddite writes: "More CG actors, this time of Bruce Lee in a film tentatively titled "Dragon Warrior" by Korean filmmaker Chul Shin. Wired has the details. Compare to an older Wired article when this type of thing was just beginning." There's a Reuters article too.

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  1. Is it correct ? by dda · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Is that correct to put him in a film, without let him having the choice ? I think we should think about the respect of his memory ...

  2. Gladiator and Olly Reed by MisterPo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Oliver Reed died during filming of Gladiator and apparantly they used some sort of pioneering CGI to finish his scences. Quite interesting as it was considered to be his finest role in years, so is this an indicator of how good Bruce's new movie could be?

    Or will it be more like that dreadful Pepsi add a few years back with Bogart, Marilyn and Einstein??

    Po

  3. Shape of Things to Come... by Tsar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think it's fine to do this sort of thing, but that the film should indicate in the opening credits which actors are digital likenesses, so the viewer can take that into account.

    Remembering the Slashdot stories about the DVD player with adjustable ratings and this voice-duplication system makes me wonder&when will films come with face-mapping data built into the DVD (or whatever format) and allow us to replace any actor in the film with the face/voice combination of our choice?

    It could start out as a novelty, of course, where you and your friends pop up as extras in the background, but eventually I could see picking and choosing your favorite actors as easily as picking tracks for a CD compilation.

    How far do you suppose we are from this happening?

  4. This isn't news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    When Alias first released Maya 1.5 on NT (maybe a year and a half or so ago), a pair of artists created a very realistic 5 minute clip of bruce lee doing some martial arts and even a close up, I believe the quote when the camera zoomed for a close-up dialog was something about water and how it becomes whatever you put it in "you put it in a cup, it becomes the cup". There was voice, there was extremely realistic video, etc. Alias Maya is now at 4.0, I dont see what the big deal is, same model, some new backgrounds, a new plot, and a couple more animators to stretch 10 minutes to 90. *shrug* I woulda been impressed in 99, now its just a remake.

    1. Re:This isn't news... by ultitool · · Score: 2, Interesting

      That video was fairly impressive at the time, I believe it even won some siggraph awards. The audio seemed a bit unsynced with the lips at times and the face lacked a certain realism. Beyond that I would be very interested to see a feature length film reviving a star I never had the please to watch during his life time.

      If anyone wants to see the video mentioned here and in parent you can find it here

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  5. Starwars... by Kewjoe · · Score: 2, Interesting

    See i was thinking if GL ever wanted to make Episode 7,8,9 he'd have to CG Luke, Han, and Leia as they are way too old to play the roles now, and you *cannot* trying making 7,8,9 with other actors :)